Genesis 41:52
Genesis 41:50-52 The Message (MSG)
Joseph had two sons born to him before the years of famine came. Asenath, daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, was their mother. Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (Forget), saying, “God made me forget all my hardships and my parental home.” He named his second son Ephraim (Double Prosperity), saying, “God has prospered me in the land of my sorrow.”
Genesis 41:52 King James Version (KJV)
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 41:52 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 41:52 New Century Version (NCV)
Joseph named the second son Ephraim and said, “God has given me children in the land of my troubles.”
Genesis 41:52 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 41:52 New International Version (NIV)
The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
Genesis 41:52 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 41:52 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He named the second [son] Ephraim (fruitfulness), for “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering.”
Genesis 41:52 New Living Translation (NLT)
Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”